Ward v. Scott

Decided December 15, 1952. Nathan L. Jacobs wrote the opinion for the court.

93 A.2d 385 · Cited 161 times

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• Thayer v. Board of Appeals · 157 A. 273
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• Town of Burlington v. Dunn · 318 Mass. 216
• Lee v. . Board of Adjustment · 37 S.E.2d 128
• Brackett v. Board of Appeal · 311 Mass. 52
• Welton v. Hamilton · 176 N.E. 333
• Young Women's Hebrew Ass'n v. Board of Standards & Appeals · 194 N.E. 751
• Sugar v. North Baltimore Methodist Protestant Church · 165 A. 703
• Real Properties, Inc. v. Board of Appeal · 319 Mass. 180
• Carson v. Board of Appeals · 321 Mass. 649
• Livingston v. Peterson · 228 N.W. 816
• Downey v. Grimshaw · 101 N.E.2d 275
• Heffernan v. Zoning Board of Review · 144 A. 674
• Stone v. Cray · 200 A. 517
• Olevson v. Narragansett Zoning Bd. · 44 A.2d 720

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